Mint 15: The Prettier Side of the Linux Mint Series

May 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment

 

The Linux Mint OS, an operating system based on the Ubuntu flavor, has a new rollout, the Mint 15 which looks and feels as pretty as its code name, “Olivia”.

Users and fans alike will find that Olivia has awesome upgrades to its desktop environment and interface , ‘MATE 1.6′ and ‘Cinnamon 1.8′, respectively. Linux Mint has been very favored ever since it has began production, as some would say that it has a more ‘complete usability’ in terms of straight-from-the-box experience as compared to other Linux flavors like Ubuntu; Mint has additional Java, Flash plugins, and other proprietary software that can’t be found in a lot of other Linux distributions. In the new Mint 15/Olivia, users will also be treated to additional updates for managing various software, called ‘MintSources’ as well as a new process of managing drivers.

The pretty interface of Mint 15 is due to its being internally supported by WebGL, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, all codes were able to produce login screens that are interactive and beautifully rendered.

Linux Mint 15 is still in its “Release Candidate” stage, which means that it still has a lot ways to go but it does have a final release that’s coming later maybe in a few months or by the end of this year.

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Few Reasons Why You Need to Try Manjaro Linux 0.8.5

May 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment

While Fuduntu Linux has announced that it will be closing its doors very soon, there is another Linux distribution that fans of the operating system can look forward to. It’s called Manjaro Linux and some of its most remarkable features include a graphical installer and other user friendly features.

By February 2012, Manjaro had already attained the no. 15 spot in DistroWatch’s rankings. At present, it is at no. 10. Here are some of the things that you will find in this new release:

A graphical installer. In Manjaro 0.8.5., there is an impressive graphical installer and installation is easy. This is good news for those who are new to Linux. Currently there is support only for installing one hard drive and the rest will have to be done by a manual option.

Brand new settings manager. In this new version of Manjaro, there are new wizards that are helpful for guiding users as they install language localization packages.

Three desktop flavors. Here, there are desktop variations to choose from such as OpenBox, Xfce, and Net-Edition. If you want the basic packages, the latter is the one to go with..

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GNU Health: A Hospital Software Information System

May 2, 2013 by

What we know know about GNU Health is that it is a free open source software dedicated to keep medical records and provide a robust health information system. It is getting even more popular in terms of usage in some hospitals around the world. GNU Health is supported by GNU Solidario, Spain. This project was made with the help of a virtual community of medical specialists, hospital administration and software developers.

Now, more and more functionalities are being added to GNU Health to enhance its helpfulness and drive even more utility for the open source software. Sebastian Marro, one of the developers of GNU Health and its representative in the presentation at the Luxembourg Medetal Conference is completely positive to the open source software’s potential to grow larger. GNU Health now have recently-added features: it has now the functions to use in hospital human resource tasks, check the financial reporting of some departments, as well as patient admission. These are large scale features are very helpful for hospitals that have a huge database of patient, employee and medical information. GNU Health also enables doctors to keep track of the numbers of endemic diseases like dengue, leprosy, and many others.

GNU Health is a perfect example of how open source and the synchronicity of human goals to uplift the circumstances of public health and medical records produces astounding results. The software enables some hospitals from third world countries such as Nigeria, Zambia, and the Philippines among others to utilize software without the added financial burden.

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Jim Zemlin: Linux is Freakishly Awesome

April 21, 2013 by

 

The first day of the Linux Foundation’s seventh annual Linux Collaboration Summit that took place in San Francisco focused on the growth and success of the foundation. Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation said that each day, about 10,519 lines of code are added to the Linux kernel and about 6,782 lines are subtracted from it giving the kernel an average of 7.38 changes per hour which is an extraordinary rate for any code base.

Zemlin opened the floor by describing the state of Linux as “freakishly awesome.” He went on by comparing Linux to that of a multi-million dollar R&D project that over 400 companies collaborate on, some of which are fierce competitors. He also described it as more than just an operating system and one of the greatest shared technology known to man.

On a separate keynote session, Jonathan Corbet, a kernel contributor and LWN.net editor said that even though Linux has been very successful to date, the pace of the kernel development is still accelerating. With significant milestones such as having the kernel 1.53 million lines bigger than how it was a year ago and the speed of kernel version releases increasing.

“Even though we’re getting busier and more active, we’ve gotten the process so smoothly functioning at this point that we’re able to get the releases out more frequently while we’re at it,” Corbet said. The collaboration summit continued for 3 days with more highlights including a possibility of a car running on Linux.

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Ubuntu 13.04: Canonical’s Latest Linux Release

April 15, 2013 by

If you are a Linux fan, you’ve got everything to look forward to as Ubuntu 13.04 is set to drop very, very soon. Dubbed as the “Raring Ringtail”, April 25 will be the date when Linux fans can look forward to purchasing Canonical’s latest creation. There is a very new interface that differs significantly from the former versions of this Linux-based desktop. The new interface is called Unity. The goal of Canonical is convergence across a variety of ecosystems such as PCs, TVs, smart phones, tablets and servers.

imagesSo what exactly is new with Ubuntu 13.04? While the software itself remains the same, the development cycle differs somewhat with the new release and there are more tools available. Stirring a little bit of controversy is the news that non-long term support releases of the US will only qualify for support for nine months. This is controversial because it used to be eighteen months or twice that amount.

For current users who are afraid of a drastic change or a game-changing alteration, do not fret. The code remains the same and applications have been updated only in minor ways. Unity is still the default interface for anything that you install on your desktop.

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Try Facebook for Hosting and Domain Deals

March 21, 2013 by

I never thought I would say this so here goes. You may want to try Facebook when looking for good deals on domain hosting. Many companies now have their own and then there are with a call fan pages or community pages. When I was looking for Go Daddy deals I came across as Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/GoDaddyAddicts, and there happen to be coupons.

What I Find Interesting
What I find most interesting about looking for deals on a Facebook page is the fact that people can be candid. Much like a third-party review site people can leave messages and notes about the company and what is happening in real time. Many times review sites are after-the-fact and sometimes they can be months old. facebook-godaddy-pageWith a Facebook page the most recent messages are at the top you can see what is happening right now. You can determine if people seem to be happy or upset if they are upset with which part of the service they are upset with. I found both positive and negative comments about godaddy on that page above. The negative ones seemed to be isolated issues and not directly related to godaddy’s service, at least that was the impression I got.

It is a great way to determine which particular companies will you want to do business with. Not only can you find deals when looking at a Facebook page but you can find the sentiment of users. The one caveat I would mention is the fact that most people only write something when they are upset. It is rare that someone would make a note on a page when they’re happy. It does happen but usually only if someone is extremely happy with the service are getting. If you see a bunch of positive reviews on a third-party website then you must know the company is doing something really right. At least that is my opinion. While most comments may be negative, at the very least you can determine what people expect and what they’re getting from particular provider. Just my 2 cents, maybe Facebook is becoming more useful than I thought.

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List of Updated Hosting Deals

March 21, 2013 by

Sometimes you just have to do a little searching. Is amazing how little effort it takes these days to find information. I recall years ago when I used to go to the library to find information on stocks. Defined research on stocks I to spend all day Sunday that the library. These days with the Internet you can find anything you want regarding financial information online in a heartbeat. You can usually find information about any particular topic you may be interested in. When it comes to finding discounts for any business within five minutes I’m sure you can find a list of them. To actually buy something from a company not even to try to obtain a discount these days seems absurd. Reason I say that is that it would be no other reason other than pure laziness not look online poor discount at the particular store you want to purchase something from.

Some are Helpful and Some are Not

longest.com hosting coupons While you can find information easily it is not always the best information. One of the things about making information difficult to find typically means it is also difficult to produce so the person putting it together has put quite a bit of time into it. That is not always the case on the Internet. It is so easy to publish information many times it is not very good. However if you look the longest.com website will find hosting coupons to list them. The particular pages been there for a number of years and is always updated with the latest deals. When looking for discounts online typically want to be sure you find a reputable sources been around for a while and keeps updated information.

My advice is do not be lazy. Be sure you look online and do a search on the best possible deals before you go purchasing from a particular company. Once you have found deals take a look to be sure the site is reputable. Then look at when information is published and read what they have to say. These days you can usually tell by the grammar if someone has put time into the page. Often the author will say when the post was last updated. Sometimes there is a timestamp to show when it was last updated. There are many ways to determine if the page is useful. Particularly if it was in the top 10 of a search engine. That alone tells you that a search engine thought it was valuable, which in turn means other people have also thought it was valuable.

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List of Hosting Deals

March 20, 2013 by

These days it seems like every hosting company offers both operating systems. Actually they typically offer a couple different flavors of Linux, and at the very least they offer one. And they also offer the Windows operating system. While The initial cost old a hosting account using either linux or Windows is the same, it can change substantially as your site grows.

The Cost Difference is Usually the Database
Not a huge difference in the cost of the operating system but typically a fairly large difference when it comes to databases. With linux you can use MySQL which is free, but with Windows their solution is licensed depending upon how much you use it. The Windows solution is called Microsoft SQL server. Once you have to begin scaling your site substantial traffic begin to have multiple Web servers. Some of those Web servers will be just for website traffic to serve up webpages, but many of them will be for databases. Is not uncommon to have multiple databases for redundancy. Usually one database is the master and the others are the slaves. Regardless of how it is set up the more you have more substantial the cost will be with a Microsoft solution.

Getting a Good Start
couponswapper.comTo get a good start with your website you should start with a hosting company such as Go Daddy that allows you to grow over time. Instead of running directly to a server farm and installing your own hardware, it is best to try to start with managed hosting. This way another company will manage the servers and security, the routing, etc. Then when you start to grow you can change to another hosting package common to your needs. With Go Daddy not only can you obtain more RAM and disk space and other typical hardware upgrades; but, you can even move to a cloud solution if necessary. In that case you only pay for what you use which is a substantially better model thin paying licensing fees when the majority of the time you’re not even using full capacity. So I suggest you take a look at CouponSwapper.com which has a list of the best possible deals poor online stores. While there are thousands of them listed in this case you may want to go directly to the Go Daddy page coupon codes to get started with the best possible discount therefore yielding you the best possible price.

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Drivers for Linux and Windows

March 19, 2013 by

These days you do not have to worry about hardware the will only work with one particular operating system. Years ago hardware would only work with particular computers. So obtaining a printer, for example, that worked on both a Mac and Windows machine seem to be impossible. At first the issue was the connectivity. In other words what type of cable was it. Then once standards came about for cables we no longer had to worry about that issue as most computers used the same connections. These days the USB cable is common place among most all computers.

Printer Drivers
When it comes to something such as printers you can now typically obtain any printer in use it with any machine. As the issue is no longer one of connectivity it becomes one of drivers. A driver is what allows the printer to talk to the computer. So now we have Windows machines, Apple computers, and computers running Linux. When I first started using Linux, I was unable to get drivers for some of my hardware. But these days it seems like every hardware maker, particularly printers, makes a driver for Linux operating systems.

Now all you have to do is worry about the printer itself in the printer supplies. Since connectivity is not an issue in drivers are no longer an issue you can use essentially anything with a Linux machine. So here’s my tip for printer supplies and printer ink. I use 4inkjets.com to get a discount on all my printer ink. I also like the fact that they are and environmentally friendly company. They do everything they can to reuse ink jet cartridges and they also use recycled packaging supplies. As a company they encourage people to carpool to work and bike to work. So I enjoy obtaining and buying my products from companies that I like. The video below shows how you can use a 4inkjets coupon also found here http://couponswapper.com/coupon/4inkjets.com/, at the 4inkjets.com site in order to obtain a 10% discount.

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A Hosting Deal You May Not Want to Pass Up

March 19, 2013 by

Most hosting deals are not as good as this one. At Go Daddy you can use the coupon code hostdeal to obtain there a economy hosting at an unheard-of price. For less then most companies charge for a domain name you can get a year’s worth of hosting.How much does it cost you ask? Is only one dollar a month and these days it seems like everyone compares their monthly cost of a cup of coffee. So this is less small cup of coffee at Starbucks. It is only $12 for an entire year.

Hosting Coupon HOSTDEAL

Good deal pertains to their economy hosting but not let that fool you. The “economy” only refers to the amount of disk space and a couple other hosting variables. You still get all the features that the other types of hosting accounts provide. There is still the one click installation, for example. Means you have access to all of the software the would get with any other hosting account. There is also the software to provide your website on a mobile device as well. Again, everything you would get in any of their other accounts you get with this. And this is all featured hosting meaning you get full ftp access.

Direct Access to the Webserver
You can connect directly to the webspace associated with your account. You can upload and download files directly. You can change permissions on files, install anything you may want to install, and essentially have direct access to all the files. This is not the type of hosting were all you get is drag-and-drop. You get a lot more than that and a lot more control. You can get your own hosting up and running and choose a operating system that works for you. Of course here we like to choose Linux. But, you can choose a Windows operating system if you like.

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